zohran islamophobia
the war in Gaza and Mr Mamdani’s campaign have legitimised and emboldened what he calls “liberal Islamophobia”.
Jihan Abdalla • Islamophobia goes mainstream in the US with Zohran Mamdani set to become New York's mayor | The National
What works in New York may not work everywhere—the issues and people aren’t the same. But the point is that Mamdani acknowledged and spoke to the humanity of his prospective constituents, and did so with considerable discipline in staying on message. Throughout the campaign, when attacked, Mamdani seemed to respond by doubling down, not against his... See more
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The accusation, Mr. Cuomo said, was a political tool that Mr. Mamdani was using to divide New Yorkers. “Islamophobia,” Mr. Cuomo said “is not real in this race.”
Muslim Voters Feel Pride and Fear, for Both Mamdani and Themselves
Mr Beydoun says that Muslims in the US are subject to structural Islamophobia – the travel ban and increased surveillance – as well as private discrimination, at work and school.
And that discrimination is becoming ever more overt.
And that discrimination is becoming ever more overt.
Jihan Abdalla • Islamophobia goes mainstream in the US with Zohran Mamdani set to become New York's mayor | The National
For some people, Khalil and Mamdani offer, in different though not unrelated ways, essential stories of endurance, a set of ropes to which so many are clinging to survive unsurvivable times.
this violence is not physical like that Fanon wrote about in the colony, but is a constant ambient. It is the surveillance program in your neighborhood, the suspicious glance on the subway, the sudden need to explain and justify your identity in the wake of a terror attack committed by someone you’ve never met. This is a form of “atmospheric... See more
Zohran Mamdani and Atmospheric Islamophobia:
This is the “atmosphere” in its most potent form. The Muslim, or anyone perceived as such (like Mamdani, who now represents the Muslim), is not an individual but an abstract symbol. They are “covered” not as neighbors or constituents, but as potential threats, representatives of a faith and culture framed as inherently antagonistic. This creates a... See more
Dr Hatem Bazian • Zohran Mamdani and Atmospheric Islamophobia:
The accusations, therefore, were not merely a policy disagreement; they were an atmospheric Islamophobic event, an attempt to leverage one form of bigotry to enforce another and to re-center a candidate who challenges U.S. and Israeli foreign policy back to the marginalized “fringe” where the Orientalist frame insists he belongs.
Dr Hatem Bazian • Zohran Mamdani and Atmospheric Islamophobia:
“It's made it palatable for elements even on the left to engage in ominous or brazen Islamophobia in ways that wasn't the case,” Mr Beydoun told The National.
For Mr Mamdani, it has meant the resurrection of “caricatures” relating to Muslims, linking them to the 9/11 attacks, and themes of terrorism, radicalisation and anti-Semitism.
“The idea that... See more
For Mr Mamdani, it has meant the resurrection of “caricatures” relating to Muslims, linking them to the 9/11 attacks, and themes of terrorism, radicalisation and anti-Semitism.
“The idea that... See more